Theophilus Bradbury | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 11th district | |
In office March 4, 1795 – July 24, 1797 | |
Preceded by | None |
Succeeded by | Bailey Bartlett |
Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court | |
In office 1797 – July 1803 | |
Preceded by | Increase Sumner |
Succeeded by | Seat ended |
Member of the Massachusetts Senate | |
In office 1791-1794 | |
Personal details | |
Born | (1739-11-13)November 13, 1739 Newbury, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America |
Died | September 6, 1803(1803-09-06) (aged 63) Newburyport, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Political party | Federalist |
Alma mater | Harvard College |
Theophilus Bradbury (November 13, 1739 – September 6, 1803) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard College in 1757; taught school and studied law in Portland; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Portland in 1761; moved to Newburyport in 1764 and continued the practice of law; member of the State senate 1791–1794; elected as a Federalist to the Fourth and Fifth Congresses and served from March 4, 1795, until July 24, 1797, when he resigned; appointed justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in 1797. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1798. Bradbury was a member of the electoral college in 1800.
In February 1802 Bradbury was stricken with paralysis and totally disabled, he was removed from the bench in July 1803.
Bradbury died in Newburyport, Mass., September 6, 1803; interment in Old Hill Burying Ground in Newburyport.
References
- United States Congress. "Theophilus Bradbury (id: B000735)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Notes
- "Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter B" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
- Davis, William Thomas Davis (1900), History of the judiciary of Massachusetts: including the Plymouth and Massachusetts Colonies, The Province of Massachusetts Bay and the Commonwealth, Boston, MA: The Boston Book Company, p. 276
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Preceded byDavid Cobb | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 11th congressional district March 4, 1795 – July 24, 1797 |
Succeeded byBailey Bartlett |
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Preceded byIncrease Sumner | Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court 1797 – July 1803 |
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